Work-holder.



E. CRAGG.

WORK HOLDER. APPLICATION FlLED MMLZQ, 1915.

Patented May 30, 1916.

IN VEN TOR.

WITNESSES I @fw 6- w/w m M m T A 'IHl COUUMBIA PLAOGRAPH CO., WASHINGTONf D. C-

ELMIRA C11-AGG, OF CLEVELAND, OI-IIO.

WORK-HOLDER.

rSpecification of Letters Patent. v

Patented May so, raie.

Application led March 29, 1915. Serial No. 17,903.

To all whom t may concern.' l y Be it known that I, ELMIRA CRAGG, a citizen of the United States, residing at Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Work-Holders, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a Work holder for seamstresses and others, and the object of the invention is to provide a simple form of holder adapted to anchor a piece of goods temporarily while sewing or basting the goods, and which will permit quick and convenient attachment and detachment of the goods without injury thereto, and which is also adjustable preferably to permit the operator to Work to the best advantage under different conditions.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view of one form of the work holder, full size, and Fig. 2 is a side view thereof, partly in section. Fig. 3 is a front elevation of the device. Fig. 4 is a face view of one of the clamping plates for the needles, and Fig. 5 is a rectangular form of said plate. Figs. 6 and 7 are plan and side views corresponding to Figs. 1 and 2 but of a slightly modified form of the invention.

The invention comprises a work holder adapted to be detachably secured in an upright position on a sewing machine, table or other base 2 in front of and at the right hand of an operator engaged in sewing or basting a piece of goods. The work holder is used to anchor the goods at a suitable elevation above the table near' the edge thereof so that it may benstretched and held taut more or less by the left hand while the operator sews or works on the goods with her right hand. Stretching of the goods diagonally across the lap of the operator Vis the most advantageous position for convenient working, but the exact angle for a straight pull on the goods varies according to circumstances and the option of the i operator.

Now, referring to Figs. 1 to 5, I show a work holder A comprising a clamping bracket 3 made of a rigid strip `of metal bent at right angles at one end to support a clamping screw 4, and of Z shape or formV at its opposite and upper end to supporta pair of round flat disks or plates 5 and 6 in superposed relations, one or both of said disks having two or more parallel shallow grooves 7 in their opposed faces to receive .gagement with the horizontally-projected arm or end l0 of the clamp, but the disks are free to revolve thereon, except when the screw is tightened. ln this way, the disks may be rotated and clamped to place the needles in any desired radial position relatively to the clamp body, thereby aording the proper position of the needles for ad- -vantageous engagement of the cloth therewith regardless of the exact placing and fixing of the clampk upon the table or support. in Fig. 4, or a rectangular plate 6 may be used as shown in Fig.,5. The Z shape of the bracket affords room for doubling or folding of the goods under' the disks and overhanging arm 10 while part thereof overlies the top disk andi is in hooked engagement with the needles. Substantially, the same results are obtained by the modified form of the invention shown in Figs. 6 and 7, wherein the clamp body 11 is a cast metal member with a round flat head 12 upon which a single flat square plate 14 is adapted to be rotatably seated and clamped by a central screw 15. In this form of the device, the needles 8 occupy two ,bottom grooves 16 in plate V14 and are clamped against the stationaryk head 12 except when the screw is loosened slightly to permit rotation and setting of the plate and its needles in a different radial position to facilitate working operations.

The disks 5, 6, 6', 14, may be made of relatively thin sheet metal possessing spring properties so as to .yield under undue pull and to avoid tearing of the goods. The upper end of bracket 3 Figs. 1 to 3, may also be made of spring metal forthe same reasons as outlined above.

What I claim is:

1. A work holder as described comprising an upright support, a plurality of separate needles and clamping means engaging said needles and adapted to be horizontally rotated on said support.

2. A work-holder for seamstresses and others, comprising a support, separate The disks may be round as shown m m mm 0K @BQ .E DRG t W www 1 dtu elmu @an HMH ,wow m00 phS wauw@ .o g nnmv .ld .mm Phm mfue 0MM Cp e sph t O l www p um e c .1n Paa Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing' the .Gommissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

